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Seattle Mariners at Colorado Rockies

Sun Sep 201:10 PM MTDenver, CO
By JR·2 min read
Seattle MarinersSEA(72-83)
Colorado RockiesCOL(57-98)
2—1
FINAL
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TLDR: Two teams with nothing left to prove settled for the least Coors Field thing imaginable Sunday — a low-scoring grind that came down to a ninth-inning near-miss instead of the track meet the ballpark usually promises.

First pitch went off at 1:10 PM MT with Kade Anderson on the mound for Seattle and Tomoyuki Sugano opposite him for Colorado, the same pairing the preview flagged as two rotations trending the wrong way — Anderson coming off 5 runs in 4.1 innings against the Angels, Sugano off 6 runs in 5 innings against San Diego.

FINAL
Spread
WIN
Total
Mariners
(72-83)
LWWLL
2
Rockies
(57-98)
WLLLW
1
1st pitch72°

Seattle beat Colorado 2-1 at Coors Field in a game that defied both the ballpark's reputation and the pregame case for a track meet, with the Mariners' 4th- and 6th-inning runs holding up against a Rockies rally that arrived one inning too late. Both starters, shaky in their last outings, pitched far better than advertised, and it was the low-scoring game nobody previewed.

Mariners
  • Scored first and protected a 2-run lead into the ninth
  • Bullpen shut the door after Colorado's 9th-inning run
  • Won despite a rough last start from Anderson
  • Managed just 4 hits on the day, fewer than Colorado
  • Offense went quiet after the 6th inning
  • Still down two relievers for the year
Rockies
  • Out-hit Seattle 5-4 on the afternoon
  • Got a run back in the 9th to make it one-run game
  • Bullpen held the line despite three relievers lost for the year
  • Scoreless for the first eight innings
  • Lost Kyle Karros to back spasms before first pitch
  • Dropped to 57-98, worst record in the NL

Both bullpens were operating short-handed going in — Seattle without Nick Davila and Matt Brash for the year, Colorado having lost RJ Petit, Pierson Ohl and Welinton Herrera to season-ending elbow injuries — and Colorado also scratched Kyle Karros with back spasms just before first pitch, thinning an already stripped-down lineup further.

Kade Anderson
Kade Anderson
(2-2)·4.18 ERA
Sep 14 @ Angels
L
4.1IP
5ER
5K
0BB
72P
09/20 Lineup
Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
(12-11)·5.36 ERA
Sep 14 vs Padres
L
5.0IP
6ER
2K
1BB
88P
09/20 Lineup

None of that damage showed up the way the pregame math suggested it would. Instead of the shootout two shaky rotations and two gutted pens pointed toward, the game stayed quiet into the middle innings, with neither offense doing much against pitching that had been getting hit hard all month.

Seattle broke through first, scratching across single runs in the 4th and 6th to build a 2-0 cushion, and that turned out to be the whole difference. The Mariners' win keeps them at 72-83 and snaps a stretch where they'd dropped 2 of their last 3 to this same Colorado club, while the Rockies fall to 57-98, still the worst record in the National League.

Seattle Mariners
(72-83)
09/19L@Rockies3-5
09/18W@Rockies5-4
09/16W@Angels7-2
09/15L@Angels1-2
09/14L@Angels4-6
Colorado Rockies
(57-98)
09/19WvsMariners5-3
09/18LvsMariners4-5
09/17LvsPadres2-9
09/16LvsPadres3-9
09/15WvsPadres9-3

Colorado didn't go away quietly, though — Coors Field held true to form just enough for one inning. The Rockies got a run back in the 9th to make it 2-1 and out-hit Seattle 5-4 on the day, but the rally died there, eight scoreless innings too big a hole to climb out of against a Mariners pen that shut the door.

Seattle Mariners
(10)
  • 7-Day ILBrendan Donovan (3B) — Donovan continues to experience concussion symptoms, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.09/03
  • 15-Day-ILEmerson Hancock (SP) — Seattle placed Hancock (groin) on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a left adductor strain, retroactive to Aug. 29.08/30
  • 15-Day-ILCole Wilcox (RP) — Wilcox left Thursday's game versus the Tigers due to left oblique tightness.08/07
  • 60-Day-ILNick Davila (RP) — The Mariners placed Davila on the 15-day injured list Monday with a right SC joint sprain in his shoulder.09/06
  • 60-Day-ILMatt Brash (RP) — Brash has been shut down from throwing for eight weeks after an MRI revealed more inflammation in his lat, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.09/05
  • 60-Day-ILBrennen Davis (CF) — The Mariners recalled Davis (hamstring) from Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday and placed him on the 60-day injured list.09/03
  • 60-Day-ILColt Emerson (SS) — The Mariners transferred Emerson (wrist) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Monday.08/31
  • 60-Day-ILLuke Raley (RF) — The Mariners transferred Raley (forearm) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.08/19
  • 60-Day-ILWill Wilson (3B) — Wilson (thumb) has gone 3-for-9 with two RBI and a 1:2 BB:K in his first three rehab games between High-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma.06/17
  • 60-Day-ILLogan Evans (SP) — The Mariners placed Evans (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Monday.05/08
Colorado Rockies
(8)
  • Day-To-DayKyle Karros (3B) — Karros was scratched from the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners due to back spasms.09/20
  • 10-Day-ILWilli Castro (2B) — Castro (heel/knee) said Wednesday that he will miss the remainder of the 2026 season, MLB.com reports.09/17
  • 60-Day-ILChase Dollander (SP) — Dollander underwent an internal brace procedure on his right elbow Monday, Kevin Henry of The Denver Gazette reports.06/23
  • 60-Day-ILWelinton Herrera (RP) — Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer announced Monday that Herrera (elbow) has been diagnosed with a torn UCL and will miss the remainder of the season, Jack Janes of MLB.com reports.06/02
  • 60-Day-ILMcCade Brown (SP) — Brown (shoulder) had been scheduled to throw a live bullpen session this weekend, MLB.com reports.06/01
  • 60-Day-ILRJ Petit (RP) — The Rockies transferred Petit (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08
  • 60-Day-ILPierson Ohl (RP) — The Rockies placed Ohl (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08
  • 60-Day-ILKris Bryant (DH) — Bryant said Tuesday that the ongoing pain in his back continues to prevent him from participating in baseball activities, though he's still consulting with doctors and trainers for potential rehab options, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08

The Polymarket chat room felt the ninth-inning push more than the linescore did — the busiest five minutes of the whole broadcast came right as Colorado threatened, and the room was split on what was coming. "Watch this 2-3 final," one poster holding Colorado wrote as the rally built, with another adding, "Na we win," also holding the home side. Neither call landed, but for a few minutes a game between two last-place clubs actually had a pulse.

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